Carol Pullen

Carol Ann Miller Pullen was born on January 1, 1941, to Robert Frank Miller and Mae McKneely in Kirbyville.

Carol attended school in Harlingen and Kirbyville. She married Wayne Pullen on August 18, 1956, and they have been married for sixty-three years. Carol worked in banking and mortgage banking as she followed her husband around Texas and Louisiana while he worked for the Santa Fe Railroad and the Texas Department of Public Safety. Her life was her bible, her music, and her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

Carol met her husband in late April 1956 at a café’ in Kirbyville. In May she moved with her mother to Beaumont and in July, her mother decided to move to Houston with Carol and a brother and sister. Wayne was determined not to let her leave. He was working in a shipyard in Port Arthur at the time and made a proposal to her mother. He promised her that if she would allow Carol to stay behind, he would by two plates, two forks, two spoons, and two knives and they would get married. Since she was only fifteen years old, he took her and her mother to the courthouse in Beaumont for her mother to sign her consent. Wayne and Carol were married on August 18, 1956, in a church in Stowell. Wayne often told people that they changed each other’s diapers the first six months they were married.

Survivors include her husband, Wayne Pullen; children, Douglas Pullen and his wife, DeRisa, of Wildwood; Kevin Pullen and his wife, Tammy, of The Woodlands; and Cyndi Patterson and her husband, Tom, of Lumberton; grandchildren, Jason Pullen and his wife, Janice; Justin Pullen and his wife, Cassie; Josh Pullen and his wife, Courtney; Jake Pullen and his wife, Hope; Ashley Droddy and her husband, Jake; Jennifer Harughty and her husband, Lee; and Jessica Munselle and her husband, James; thirteen great-grandchildren; sister, Linda Petrash and her husband, Jim, of Waller; and brother, Robert Miller and his wife, Ann, of Homosassa Springs, Florida. She is preceded in death by her parents.

A gathering of Mrs. Pullen’s family and friends will begin at 12:00 p.m., with her funeral service at 2:00 p.m., Monday, January 20, 2020, at Broussard’s, 490 Cemetery Road, Silsbee. Her interment will follow at R.S. Farmer Memorial Park, Silsbee.